Posted by burnsy483 on 5/21/2013 3:28:00 PM (view original):Is that like, I live near NYC and often take mass transit into Manhattan, so I should expect terrorism, right? Please don't donate to that cause, God forbid it should happen, because I should have seen it coming?

Posted by burnsy483 on 5/21/2013 3:36:00 PM (view original):In OK, you know you live in tornado alley, but I'm confident you don't expect a tornado to rip your house apart.

I would go so far to say that there are many people in NYC who do expect it will happen at some point. There's a bomb tearing up Times Square a few years ago if the bomb worked properly.

I doubt they're confident that a tornado won't rip their house apart. Like people who live in any area where a natural, or manmade, disaster is possible, they probably think "What are the odds it affects me?" and go from there.

Honestly, is there anything dumber than getting in a plane? There aren't a lot of plane crash survivors. But there aren't a lot of plane crashes either.

I might be missing your overall point. But I'm saying it's the same thing, essentially. If you live in Oklahoma, what are the odds your house is destroyed by a tornado? Slim. What are the odds your average NYC commuter/resident is directly affected in a major way by a terror attack? Slim. You know you live in tornado alley, but don't expect a tornado to destroy your house. You live in NYC, the most targeted area for terrorism, but don't expect a major terror attack to affect you.

Posted by burnsy483 on 5/21/2013 3:47:00 PM (view original):I might be missing your overall point. But I'm saying it's the same thing, essentially. If you live in Oklahoma, what are the odds your house is destroyed by a tornado? Slim. What are the odds your average NYC commuter/resident is directly affected in a major way by a terror attack? Slim. You know you live in tornado alley, but don't expect a tornado to destroy your house. You live in NYC, the most targeted area for terrorism, but don't expect a major terror attack to affect you.

I evidently misunderstood what you said. Or at least misinterpreted it. I don't think OK residents or NYC residents are confident that specific acts won't affect them though. I just think they believe the possibility of it is slim.

FWIW, every time I go to a sporting event, at some point, I think "Damn. This is a lot of people all in one spot. Seems prime for terrorism of some sort."

Posted by burnsy483 on 5/21/2013 3:47:00 PM (view original):I might be missing your overall point. But I'm saying it's the same thing, essentially. If you live in Oklahoma, what are the odds your house is destroyed by a tornado? Slim. What are the odds your average NYC commuter/resident is directly affected in a major way by a terror attack? Slim. You know you live in tornado alley, but don't expect a tornado to destroy your house. You live in NYC, the most targeted area for terrorism, but don't expect a major terror attack to affect you.

I evidently misunderstood what you said. Or at least misinterpreted it. I don't think OK residents or NYC residents are confident that specific acts won't affect them though. I just think they believe the possibility of it is slim.

FWIW, every time I go to a sporting event, at some point, I think "Damn. This is a lot of people all in one spot. Seems prime for terrorism of some sort."

Posted by MikeT23 on 5/21/2013 3:47:00 PM (view original):So they say. But people survive car crashes all the time.

Right, but your odds of being in a car crash are so much higher than being in a plane crash that you're still in much more "danger" of dying behind the wheel of a car than you are in the seat of a plane.

Posted by MikeT23 on 5/21/2013 3:47:00 PM (view original):So they say. But people survive car crashes all the time.

Right, but your odds of being in a car crash are so much higher than being in a plane crash that you're still in much more "danger" of dying behind the wheel of a car than you are in the seat of a plane.

Perhaps it's a control issue. I'm driving the car. Not so much with plane. And, if there's a mechanical issue, I'll just pull over.

Posted by MikeT23 on 5/21/2013 3:47:00 PM (view original):So they say. But people survive car crashes all the time.

Right, but your odds of being in a car crash are so much higher than being in a plane crash that you're still in much more "danger" of dying behind the wheel of a car than you are in the seat of a plane.

Perhaps it's a control issue. I'm driving the car. Not so much with plane. And, if there's a mechanical issue, I'll just pull over.

Posted by MikeT23 on 5/21/2013 3:20:00 PM (view original):So far we have 'tardcomm and gotworms in the "GIVE MORE YOU CHEAP BASTARD" corner.
death is in the "**** 'em. They chose to live in Tornado County" corner.

And everyone else seems sane.

I never said "Give more". I said, "Don't tweet about a donation of couch-money if you're a multi-millionaire."

And DIAH is right. There are trade-offs to living everywhere. You balance the cost of insurance, job opportunities, real estate values, school districts, the likelihood of catastrophe, property tax laws, oil-digging rights, etc. when you choose the area where you want to live.

Posted by burnsy483 on 5/21/2013 3:47:00 PM (view original):I might be missing your overall point. But I'm saying it's the same thing, essentially. If you live in Oklahoma, what are the odds your house is destroyed by a tornado? Slim. What are the odds your average NYC commuter/resident is directly affected in a major way by a terror attack? Slim. You know you live in tornado alley, but don't expect a tornado to destroy your house. You live in NYC, the most targeted area for terrorism, but don't expect a major terror attack to affect you.

I evidently misunderstood what you said. Or at least misinterpreted it. I don't think OK residents or NYC residents are confident that specific acts won't affect them though. I just think they believe the possibility of it is slim.

FWIW, every time I go to a sporting event, at some point, I think "Damn. This is a lot of people all in one spot. Seems prime for terrorism of some sort."

Yea. I do think that all the time.

I flew into Germany last month. 12-13 hours in a big flying tube traveling 500mph. Then I had a shuttle driver going 100mph in the rain on the Autobahn. I had a lot of time to contemplate my mortality and the odds of something catastrophic happening.

But in many areas, there is hurricane/tornado SEASON. Every. Single. Year.

If you live in those regions, and you think the odds are slim, then you don't understand odds.

Posted by MikeT23 on 5/21/2013 3:20:00 PM (view original):So far we have 'tardcomm and gotworms in the "GIVE MORE YOU CHEAP BASTARD" corner.
death is in the "**** 'em. They chose to live in Tornado County" corner.

And everyone else seems sane.

I never said "Give more". I said, "Don't tweet about a donation of couch-money if you're a multi-millionaire."

And DIAH is right. There are trade-offs to living everywhere. You balance the cost of insurance, job opportunities, real estate values, school districts, the likelihood of catastrophe, property tax laws, oil-digging rights, etc. when you choose the area where you want to live.

He's tweeting it not because it's "look at me" it's "i'm doing it, you should too."